Question: A nurse in a mental health facility is admitting a client who was brought in by the police department. The client is showing signs of possible schizophrenia. What actions should the nurse take and what should be monitored?
Answer Options: Offer the client frequent finger food, Place the client in a room near the nurses’ station, Ensure the client is taking their prescribed medications, Request a prescription for physical restraints, Request a prescription for diazepam
Answer: Ensure the client is taking their prescribed medications, Place the client in a room near the nurses’ station
Question: A nurse in a mental health facility is admitting a client who was brought in by the police department. The nurse is discussing the assessment findings on day 3 of admission during the 1900 change-of-shift report. For each finding, the nurse must specify whether the finding indicates potential improvement or worsening of the client’s condition.
Answer Options: Various symptoms and behaviors such as Food intake, Condition of skin on right hand, Rapid change in mood, Giving away car, Hygiene
Answer: Food intake (Improvement), Condition of skin on right hand (Worsening), Rapid change in mood (Worsening), Giving away car (Worsening), Hygiene (Improvement)
Question: Which of the following is the purpose of the passage?
Answer Options: To inform, To persuade, To entertain, To express
Answer: To inform
Question: Which of the following first prompted the CEO to consider implementing nap rooms?
Answer Options: Having extra rooms available near the gym and cafeteria, Learning that NASA allows napping during the workday, Company-wide audits that reported employee fatigue, Reading the 2008 study about napping in the workplace
Answer: Company-wide audits that reported employee fatigue
Question: Which of the following additional pieces of information supports the claim that napping during the workday will help employees “be happier, healthier, and more productive”?
Answer Options: In 1999, National Napping Day was founded in response to Daylight Saving Time, A study showing that the best time of day for a nap is between 2 and 3 p.m., Multiple companies have designed special seats or pods specifically for getting the optimal workplace nap, Rested people have better impulse control, so they are more likely to choose nutritious food over junk food
Answer: Rested people have better impulse control, so they are more likely to choose nutritious food over junk food
Question: Which of the following sentences contains information that is important enough to be included in a summary of the passage?
Answer Options: Unfortunately, the U.S. Navy was not interested., Some of her more popular films included Boom Town (1940) and White Cargo (1942)., She even spent time working with the science engineering team employed by Howard Hughes., She came up with a type of radio signal that changed, or “hopped,” frequencies.
Answer: She came up with a type of radio signal that changed, or “hopped,” frequencies.
Question: Which of the following identifies the author’s tone in the passage?
Answer Options: Informal, Scientific, Formal, Sarcastic
Answer: Informal
Question: Which of the following best identifies the author’s purpose in the passage?
Answer Options: To narrate what it’s like to have a new puppy, To inform the reader about illness in dogs, To argue that dogs shouldn’t bite, To describe how to train a puppy
Answer: To describe how to train a puppy
Question: Which of the following contains only key points of the passage?
Answer Options: There is a thump like a dropped bowling ball, a loud crash, and the tinkling of shattered glass., Shia is working at his computer. there is little light, and no one else should be in the building., There are frightening noises in the office, Shia goes home. Shia sends his boss a text., Shia is working late, he hears mysterious noises, and he is frightened enough to leave work.
Answer: Shia is working late, he hears mysterious noises, and he is frightened enough to leave work.
Question: Which of the following is the topic of the excerpt?
Answer Options: A building with poor lighting and security, A boss’s expectations of an employee, A mysterious experience at work, An employee who is easily scared
Answer: A mysterious experience at work
Question: Which of the following is the tone of the passage?
Answer Options: Aggressive, Witty, Tense, Incredulous
Answer: Tense
Question: Which of the following sentences from the passage supports the conclusion that the passage takes place in the 21st century?
Answer Options: “His office was on the thirtieth floor, far too high to get much more than a faint glow from the street lights below.”, “Shia froze, as if he were caught by the gaze of Medusa.”, “He sent his boss a single text message before turning over and trying to force himself to sleep: ‘I don’t think I can work late anymore.'”
Answer: “He sent his boss a single text message before turning over and trying to force himself to sleep: ‘I don’t think I can work late anymore.'”
Question: Which of the following sources would be the best resource to find a list of other suspense novels?
Answer Options: A public library’s digital catalog, A New York Times bestseller list, An encyclopedia entry about the suspense genre, The online reviews of the novel
Answer: A public library’s digital catalog
Question: Which of the following conclusions is supported by all of the details provided about the birthday party?
Answer Options: The Creekstone estate cannot hold seven more zebras., The Creekstone estate is a half-acre lot lined with trees., Dr. Oliver Creekstone is a carnivorous eater., Dr. Oliver Creekstone is an unconventional fellow.
Answer: Dr. Oliver Creekstone is an unconventional fellow
Question: Which of the following quotes from a guest at the birthday party contains a stereotype?
Answer Options: “Considering the elderly age of Dr. Creekstone, he was surprisingly articulate and intelligent.”, “I once thought Dr. Creekstone to be irresponsible, but this party was well-planned and executed.”, “The food provided was inedible; nevertheless, this party turned my sour mood around.”, “I would never want my own birthday party to have smelly zebras and loud fireworks.”
Answer: “Considering the elderly age of Dr. Creekstone, he was surprisingly articulate and intelligent.”
Question: Which of the following words from the sentence above has a negative connotation?
Answer Options: Complimentary, Contained, Shocked, Reportedly
Answer: Shocked
Question: Which of the following statements is true?
Answer Options: After adding flour, the cookies are baked for 10 to 12 minutes., The egg white and vanilla are beaten together in a bowl., Each ball of dough must be pressed down with a fork before baking., When beating the eggs and sugar, you shouldn’t stop until soft peaks form.
Answer: After adding flour, the cookies are baked for 10 to 12 minutes.
Question: Which of the following conclusions can be taken from the passage?
Answer Options: The cookies made with this recipe are especially good for midnight snacks., The cookies made with this recipe would be good to send to college students., The cookies made with this recipe would be good to serve at a large party., The cookies made with this recipe may have been handed down in a family.
Answer: The cookies made with this recipe would be good to serve at a large party.
Question: Which of the following statements about the passage is true?
Answer Options: Beating egg whites means stirring them vigorously., These cookies should be cooled on a baking rack., These cookies can be cooked in a microwave oven., Folding in peanut butter must be done with an electric appliance.
Answer: These cookies should be cooled on a baking rack.
Question: Which of the following is the writer’s main argument?
Answer Options: Servers should provide excellent service no matter how much they make., The federal rate for servers is too low., Customers are resentful of having to help pay the salaries of servers., The custom of tipping should be abolished, and servers should be paid a living wage.
Answer: The custom of tipping should be abolished, and servers should be paid a living wage.
Question: Which of the following is evidence the writer provides to support the main argument?
Answer Options: Customers are grateful for excellent service., Minimum wage varies from state to state., Servers do not provide good service because of their low pay., Customers pay a large percentage of servers’ salaries.
Answer: Customers pay a large percentage of servers’ salaries.
Question: Which of the following pairs of search terms entered into a search engine with the phrase “Groundhog Day” is likely to produce information about the origin of Groundhog Day?
Answer Options: Weather and farming, History and folklore, Habitat and diet, Holiday and festivities
Answer: History and folklore
Question: Which of the following evidence from the passage supports the inference that Groundhog Day is an entertaining tradition?
Answer Options: This tradition has been officially observed in the U.S. since the 1800s and is believed to have developed from European folk traditions., On February 2 of each year, the United States observes the unusual holiday of Groundhog Day, a day of hope that winter is over and spring is beginning., Legend has it that on Groundhog Day, the official weather forecasting groundhog awakens from hibernation and comes out of his burrow to look for his shadow.
Answer: Over the years, these events have come to include a scavenger hunt, a talent show, and a ball.
Question: What source would be most useful in determining the reliability of Punxsutawney Phil’s predictions over a number of years?
Answer Options: A memoir from a member of The Groundhog Club, An encyclopedia entry on mammals in the northeast U.S., A historical survey of customs in Pennsylvania, A record of weather patterns in the last decade
Answer: A record of weather patterns in the last decade
Question: Which of the following statements about the peanut butter cookies recipe is true?
Answer Options: After adding flour, the cookies are baked for 10 to 12 minutes., The egg white and vanilla are beaten together in a bowl., Each ball of dough must be pressed down with a fork before baking., When beating the eggs and sugar, you shouldn’t stop until soft peaks form.
Answer: After adding flour, the cookies are baked for 10 to 12 minutes.